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(No Model.)

P. SOHENKER. POLE, &o., FOR SUSPBNDING CURTAINS. No. 581,621.

Patented Apr. 27, 1.897.

with hook-shaped and clasp curtain-suspenllNiTnn STATES FRANCISSCIIENKER, OF

PATENT ()FFICE.

VINCENNES, INDIANA.

POLE, 84.0., FOR SUSPENDING CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581 ,621, dated April27, 1897.

Application filed August 1, 1896- To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS SCHENKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vincennes, in the county of Knox and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Ii'nprovements in Poles and SuspensoryDevices Connected Therewith for Suspending Curtains and the Like; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements, as hereinafter set forth, inpoles and suspensory devices connected therewith for suspending curtainsand the like.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a per spective view, partly insection, of a solidbodied pole formed of wood or other suitable materialand having a longitudinal bore and a slotted or open bottom extendingfrom said bore to the circumference of the pole, this view also showingin position in said pole'one of the curtain supporting and adjustingrollers and a curtain connection in the form of a double hook. Fig. 2represents a side elevation, partly broken away, of a similar pole sorydevices therein. Fig. 3 represents a section on the line 3 of Fig. 2.Fig. 4 represents an enlarged transverse sectional view of the pole witha solid flanged wheel therein. Fig. 5 represents an end sectional viewof a pole formed of a sheet metal tube and having a solid-bodied wheeltherein.

The objects of my invention are to dispense with the employment of polesor rods solid throughout their length, of eyed rings surrounding andslidably mounted thereon, and spring or other pins connected with saideyes and adapted to engage with the curtains, and in lieu thereof toproduce a tubular pole or rod having a bore equal to the circumferenceof the wheels traveling therein and having at its base a longitudinalslot or mouth extending through the periphery of said tubular pole orrod, and to provide an adjustable curtain connecting and suspensorydevice composed of a sectional wheel having a telescopic hub and locatedand having slidebearing within the tube and one or more curtain hooks orclasps hung upon said sectional Serial No. 601,379. (No model.)

and duahflanged wheel and depending therefrom through the said slot ormouth, any desired number of said wheels and curtain connections beinglocated in the individual tubular pole or rod, according to requirement.

My improved pole or rod for suspending curtains,portieres, and thelikemay be formed of either a solid-bodied pole, as shown at 1, with alongitudinal cylindrical bore 2 in the lower portion thereof and alongitudinal slot or mouth 3, extending through the bottom of said boreand also through the adjacent periphery of the solid-bodied pole, orsaid pole may be in the form of either a cast or sheet metal tube, as i.The bore in each form of pole is of about equal circumference to thecircumference of the wheels to be presently described, so that whilefreedom of movement longitudinally along said bore is permitted to thecurtain-suspendin g wheels said wheels will be prevented fromoscillation and will always move freely and steadily when adj usting thecurtains or other articles supported by said wheels. 5 represents one ofthe wheels for supporting, with capability of adjustment by slidinglongitudinally of said pole, the curtain or other drapery. This wheel ispreferably formed in two sections or flat-faced circular disks 6 7 ofsheet metal, though the respective sections may be cast or otherwiseformed of thicker metal or other material, as preferred, as indicated inFigs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, the flat face and other characteristicfeatures of the sheet-metal construction being, however, preserved. Thehub of the wheel telescopically connecting the two sections or circulardisks 6 7 is formed in two tubular parts 8 9, one, as 8, being of lesscircum ference than the other, 9, so that the part 8 may telescopicallyslide within the part 9 or the part 9 slide over the part 8.

As shown in the drawings, the respective hub-sections are of a length toadmit, when assembled, of the end of the outer section resting againstthe inner face of one disk and of the end of the other (inner)hub-section resting parallel with the outer face of the other disk.Consequently the hub-sections are thus firmly braced together and thecircular disks also strengthened, braced, and supported 011 thehub-sections and mutually brace each other. \Vhen the wheel is formed ofsheet metal, the respective sections may be readily and cheaply stampedinto form, and the outwardly extending peripheral beads of the circulardisks, affording rotatable bearing, are formed by outwardly curving theedges, as indicated at 11. WVhen the sections of said wheel are formedsolid or of thicker material, said peripheral beads would be either castor stamped solid, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The circumference of thewheel about equals the depth of the tubular bore of the pole in eitherconstruction, so as to snugly fit therein with freedom of longitudinalrotary movement and yet prevent sidewise oscillation or vibratorymovement. By this means a steady support is afiorded the curtain orother drapery and a free and easy movement and adjustment of the wheelsand drapery, and the rattling of the drapery-supports is obviated.

The curtain connection with the pole may be either of hook form, asshown at 12, or of clasp form, as shown at 13. WVhen of hook form, itmay be cast or-otherwise formed in a single piece, if desired; but Iprefer to form it by centrally bending a length of wire having pointedends, so as to constitute a loop or eye 14, which fits over and throughwhich the sectional hub of the wheel passes, straight parallel portions15 16, and a double-curved pair of parallelhooks 17 18,havingoutwardlyextending points 19 20. When of clasp form, any suitableform of clasp may be employed, such, for instance, as shown at 13. Thehook form shown. and described, however, is both simple and cheap inconstruction and is quite eifective.

In practice the hook of the clasp is slid over one member of the tubularhub. The other member of said tubular hub isthen slid into place,thereby securelyinclosing the hook between the flange-sections of theWheel, and said assembled curtain connection and support and thesectional wheel carrying the same are placed in position by sliding thewheel through the end of the pole with the straight depending portion ofthe curtainsupport depending through the slot or mou th in the lowerpart of the pole, as shown in the drawings.

It will be observed that poles according to my invention can be verycheaply and readily constructed, that the curtain-supports can bereadily placed in and removed from posi tion therein,that such supportscan be cheaply made, that they have easy and free movement at all timeswithin the pole, afiord steady support to the drapery suspendedtherefrom, that such drapery can be instantly adjusted with greatfreedom and facility, owing to the exceptionally free movement of thewheels, and that by my construction the marring of the pole by thepassage along the exterior thereof is avoided, and the drapery-adjusting device, as the wheels, is preserved from accumulation of dust.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A curtain-hanger,consisting of a longitudinally-bored pole having a bottom slot or mouthextending longitudinally thereof and connecting the bore and theexterior of the pole, a wheel composed of a pair of circular disks of acircumference approximating the circumference of the bore in the poleand each disk having a rounded bead around its periphery, and atwo-part, telescopic, hub, and a curtain connection mounted on said huband depending through the bottom slot or mouth in the pole,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A curtain-hanger, consisting of a pole having at its lower portion acylindrical, longitudinally-extendin g bore and a longitudinal slot ormouth extending from the bot-tom of said bore through the adjacentperiphery of said pole, the upper portion of said pole being solid, atraveler consisting of a sectional wheel composed of a pair of circulardisks having curved peripheral edges and a hub composed of two tubularsections, one of said sections being of greater circumference than theother to admit of telescopic connection between each other and each ofsaid hub-sections being of equal length so that the outer end of theinner section lies parallel with the outer face of one of said disks andthe inner end of the outer hub-section rests against the inner face ofthe other disk, and a curtain clasp or connection having an eyed upperend to engage said hub and a depending portion adapted to slide alongsaid slot or mouth and engage the curtain, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

3. A curtain-hanger, consisting of a pole having at its lower portion alongitudinal bore and a longitudinal slot connecting said bore and theadjacent periphery of the pole, a curtain connection consisting of awheel composed of a pair of circular disks each having around itsperiphery an outwardly-extendin g curved bead and of a circumferenceapproximately equal to the bore in the pole, and a hub composed of apair of tubular sections of inequal circumference to adapt the same totelescopically slide the one on the other and of a length to adapt theend of one hub-section to impinge against the inner face of one disk andthe end of the other hub-section to lie parallel with the outer face ofthe other disk, and a hook composed of a strip of wire centrally bentandhaving a looped upper end and, at its lower portion, a pair ofoutwardlycurved hooks or points, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS SCHENKER.

WVitnesses:

LEWIS A. MEYER, EUGENE F. AUBRY.

